Master, Please Become a Hokage

The Third and Fourth Hokage led the others and arrived one after another.

After understanding the situation, they turned their gazes to Minato Namikaze, intending to hear his explanation...

Chapter 163. Minato Namikaze Imprisoned

As a Leaf ninja who rose from common origins and took the Will of Fire as his duty,

Minato Namikaze was not skilled in various conspiracies and intrigues.

Compared to politicians like Koharu Utatane, he was far behind.

He couldn't even compare with Tobirama Senju.

After all, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.

Originally, Minato Namikaze thought that Tobirama Senju's return could play a breakthrough role in the situation.

The principle of employing people according to their abilities... he still understood this.

Professional matters should be left to professionals.

However, the development of the situation still exceeded his expectations.

In this political struggle, he felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.

The situation has developed to the point where Minato Namikaze can no longer control it.

"Everyone, Danzo Shimura provided an interesting piece of information before his death..."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Ryo Sarutobi's words caused an uproar in the crowd.

They all looked shocked and couldn't imagine it.

After all, the return of the dead to the world sounded like a fantasy.

Most of the people present had never heard of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Only the older generation... Hiruzen Sarutobi, Sakumo Hatake, showed surprise.

After all, Tobirama Senju really used the Impure World Reincarnation technique during the First Ninja World War.

Including Chiyo, Hanzo... all the older generation of ninjas had seen or heard of this technique.

This immediately raised the severity of the matter to an unpredictable level.

"Minato, is this true?"

Sakumo Hatake was the first to ask.

Facing the gazes of the two Hokage and the questions of the crowd,

Minato Namikaze opened his mouth, but could only lower his head.

This was equivalent to admitting the fact that he had reincarnated Tobirama Senju.

"This..."

Whispers suddenly rang out in the crowd.

After a period of fermentation, they gradually understood what had happened.

Minato Namikaze had learned a certain forbidden technique.

That forbidden technique could summon the dead.

The technique that destroyed Princess Tsunade's residence was invented by the previous Hokage.

Probably... that's how it is.

"Although Minato used the technique to summon the Second Hokage, this incident has nothing to do with Minato~."

Kushina, realizing what was happening, was the first to defend Minato Namikaze.

She looked anxious and couldn't help but worry about her lover's situation.

The culprit should be held responsible.

Whoever caused the explosion should be found.

Kushina's meaning was very clear.

Jiraiya couldn't help but nod.

Indeed... even if Minato summoned the previous Hokage, it doesn't mean anything.

"Of course."

Ryo Sarutobi naturally agreed with their thoughts.

But...

"Whether Minato Namikaze participated in it or not needs to be investigated slowly... I think he will be happy to cooperate with everyone to clarify the truth..."

Saying that, Ryo Sarutobi looked at Minato Namikaze.

These words clearly meant that Minato Namikaze would be imprisoned for a period of time.

Until the truth of the matter comes to light.

After all, Tsunade's residence was completely razed to the ground, which was no small matter.

"In addition, the Second Hokage is Princess Tsunade's great-uncle, and for both sentimental and logical reasons, he couldn't possibly murder his own relatives... so..."

Ryo Sarutobi changed the subject, hinting at the trickiness of the situation.

Tobirama Senju had no reason to kill Tsunade...

Ryo Sarutobi didn't mention a word about Tobirama Senju trying to harm him.

Everyone was slightly stunned and immediately nodded in agreement.

They thought Ryo Sarutobi's speculation was very reasonable.

The Second Hokage had no reason to murder Princess Tsunade.

Then... the culprit might be someone else, or... someone controlled the Second Hokage.

Minato Namikaze used a forbidden technique to summon the Second Hokage, and he was the one controlling him, so it was very likely that he controlled the previous Hokage to attack Princess Tsunade...

Or, was there a problem with the technique?

In short, no matter what, Minato Namikaze must be related to this matter.

"I think Minato Namikaze needs some time to think carefully, everyone, let's leave first..."

Ryo Sarutobi gestured.

Let Minato Namikaze think carefully, and the truth will naturally come to light.

This was also giving Minato Namikaze a chance, as well as time to reflect on his mistakes.

As everyone slowly left the prison cell,

Kushina couldn't help but continue to plead for Minato Namikaze.

"Lord Hokage, this is a misunderstanding..."

Looking at Kushina pleading for Minato Namikaze, Tsunade's forehead was slightly sweating.

Because the situation had developed to this point, she didn't know what to do at all.

She didn't expect that her great-uncle would actually be crazy enough to directly attack and try to eliminate Ryo Sarutobi with a forbidden technique.

Things... are getting serious...

Faced with Kushina's plea, Sakumo Hatake immediately looked embarrassed.

"Kushina Uzumaki, don't make things difficult for Lord Hokage."

Ryo Sarutobi immediately interrupted her request.

As the leader of a village, the Hokage has the responsibility to protect everyone's safety and exercise the duties that should be exercised.

Letting Minato Namikaze stay in prison temporarily is an inevitable choice.

Kushina wanted to change this, which was equivalent to making things difficult for Sakumo Hatake.

"Instead of making things difficult for Lord Hokage, you should persuade Minato Namikaze to sort out his thoughts and tell the whole truth..."

After saying that, Ryo Sarutobi left with the two Hokage.

In the empty prison cell, several Anbu ninjas symbolically guarded the place.

Minato Namikaze couldn't possibly escape from prison.

Because that would turn him into a missing-nin.

Even if no one was watching, he wouldn't dare to step out of the cage.

"Minato, what exactly is going on?"

Jiraiya, who had been silent on the side, was actually the most anxious about his disciple's affairs.

He knew that his disciple's dream was to become Hokage.

So there couldn't be any stains on his resume!

What's more, Tsunade was almost murdered.

This was also the most unacceptable thing for Jiraiya.

He believed that there must be something fishy, and there was no way Minato would do such a thing.

"Jiraiya-sensei..."

Minato Namikaze raised his head, his expression complicated.

Looking at his mentor and lover.

After thinking for a long time, he told part of the truth.

"The explosion... was not my doing..."

This was the truth.

But...

Telling this truth was also equivalent to cutting ties with the previous Hokage.

Once it was confirmed that the explosion was caused by the previous Hokage, it would make the situation even more confusing...

Because that would be equivalent to launching a terrible civil war...

The conflict between the Senju lineage and the new generation of reformers represented by Ryo Sarutobi.

It was very likely that the Senju clan would be exterminated because of this...

What's more, many people would be implicated and completely purged...

Chapter 164. Kushina's Anxiety

Minato Namikaze was cautious and walked on thin ice, but he still underestimated Tobirama Senju's determination.

The hatred for the Uchiha was deeply ingrained.

It was no longer as simple as being bitten by a snake once and being afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Seeing his younger brothers and relatives and friends being killed since childhood, years of war... these things had completely destroyed some normal parts of Tobirama Senju as a human being.

Whether it was childhood trauma or PTSD...

Overlapping life experiences eventually created the existence called Tobirama Senju.

Plus Ryo Sarutobi's impudent and sarcastic remarks... this attitude was more like an Uchiha than an Uchiha.